I appreciated the exercise with the rope to visualize the arc of the story line. I find that adding a 3D effect to a story like this helps me see it in another light. What I was wondering though was how to do this in real life for working with your own story. It would be hard to hold both ends of the rope and then move other pieces. Doing it in your head isn't the same thing as the physical feeling of moving the rope with your hands (or feet as in some cases). I was just trying to see how this exercise could be translated into an exercise to use by ourselves as we work with our own stories in development. Any thoughts?
An adaptation of this activity involves creating a traffic pattern for the story. Set a destination and a starting point. Then create for yourself the paths between. You can do this indoors or out, and you can use a line (a ball of twine or yarn or string) to tie point A and B together.
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/
That was a great question, Laurina! And thanks David for providing an answer! I also appreciated the Zeno's rope exercise. It was nice to get to see a concrete example of an exercise with the example of the rope and creating bends in the rope.
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